Explosion in Nigeria kills 32 people in market bombing, wounds 80

The fight against terrorism is global. Extremist group Boko Haram has been accused of bombing a market in Nigera.

A night-time suicide bombing which has been blamed on Boko Haram extremists killed 32 people and wounded 80 Tuesday at a truck stop in north-eastern city Yola, Nigeria, an emergency official said.

Most victims were vendors and passers-by, said Deputy Superintendent Othman Abubakar, the police spokesman for Adamawa state said.

The blast comes after there was relative peace for three weeks. Prior to this, a string of suicide attacks culminated with two explosions in two mosques, which killed over 40 people and left over 100 injured.

Nigeria’s military has reported foiling several suicide bombers recently, and killing and capturing insurgents as it destroys Boko Haram camps in air raids and ground attacks.

“The enemies of humanity will never win. Hand in hand, we will rid our land of terrorism,” Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari said in a tweet.